Gran Turismo HD Concept

Gran Turismo HD Concept
Developer: Polyphony Digital Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 3 Released in JP: December 27, 2006 Released in US: December 27, 2006 Released in EU: March 23, 2007 This game has unused areas. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a prerelease article

To do: Document the old concept (HD Premium and HD Classic) stuff in Prerelease:Gran Turismo HD Concept, plus things like the demo with motorcycles and premium Subaru Impreza Rally Car '99 to prerelease section. Check if any unused tracks exist.

Gran Turismo HD Concept was once part of a much bigger project, but nowadays, it's known by many fans as the closest thing they're ever going to get of a playable high-definition version of Gran Turismo 4.

Almost all of this title's assets were carried forth into Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

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Prerelease Info

Gran Turismo HD E3 2006 Background

The well-known background picture of Gran Turismo HD, showing a Ford GT '05 and Honda CBR600RR (JP) '05 inside an opened garage, is still present inside the game's files.

Unused Cameras

In Gran Turismo HD, only two cameras are used by the game: bumper (value 00) and chase (value 01). Like other Gran Turismo games, there are some unused cameras there as well, including a working cockpit cam.

Value (HEX)	Name	Description	In-game Picture
00	DRIVER	Bumper Cam (used)
01	CHASE	Chase Cam (used)
02	-Missing-	-Unknown-
03	MIRROR_L	Left Mirror
04	MIRROR_R	Right Mirror
05	NOSE	Car's "nose"
06	BONNET	Bonnet (used)
07	ROOF	Roof - Used in replay only
08	BACK	Roof rear view - Used in replay only when pressing L1 (look back)
09	TAIL	Car's "tail"
0A	SIDE_L	Car's interior, left side
0B	SIDE_R	Car's interior, right side
0C	FENDER_L	Left fender -missing-
0D	FENDER_R	Right fender -missing-
0E	WHEEL_FL	Front-left wheel
0F	WHEEL_FR	Front-right wheel
10	WHEEL_RL	Rear-left wheel
11	WHEEL_RR	Rear-right wheel
12	OPTION_1	Rear (changes from car to car)
13	OPTION_2	Front (changes from car to car)
14	CHASE3	Chase cam 3 - Used in replay only
15	CHAR1	-Unknown-
16	CHAR2	-Unknown-
17	CHAR3	-Unknown-
18	CHAR4	-Unknown-
19	DRIVER2	Centered "shaky" cockpit camera
1A	INCAR	Cockpit cam - Steering wheel rotates more than 180° degree
1B	-Missing-	-Unknown- Cam is stuck underground

Special Settings

Many people thought that the "Secret code" from Gran Turismo 5 Prologue that was discovered in 2010 originated from that title, but seeing as this is the earliest build of Gran Turismo on the PS3 that was publicly released, and with all other future builds branching from this one, that code actually originates as far back as this game here.

The input required is the same as the title above, except with the addition of holding down two other buttons. To access the Special Settings menu, go to the game's Options, scroll down to the Misc menu in the Miscellaneous category, and while holding down L1, L2, R1, and R2, input Down, Right, Right, Down, Right, Right, Down, Right, Right, Down, Right, Right, START and the Special Settings menu should now appear in the Miscellaneous category.

Function Overview

Below is a list of all functions that the menu contains and a brief description on what they do. Given the available options, this menu was most likely intended for public kiosks and events.

• Unlock All - Exactly as it says on the tin, pressing the big shiny Execute button will unlock all cars available in the game.
• Save Full Lap Replay - Unsure about this setting's function, as saving a replay in-game will only save the best lap instead of the entire session anyway, but setting this option to Yes will not register the best lap time into the rankings when the player quits the race.
• Special Guest - Setting to Yes will allow you to edit the next option.
• Guest Name - A text entry box that only becomes available when the above option is set to Yes. Attempting to input anything will just bounce the cursor to the next option, pressing the start button in that box will cause the game to crash, requiring a console reboot.
• Time Limit - Sets the time limit of gameplay in 10-second increments, all the way up to 3600 seconds.
• System Language - Might have been used for the PAL territories version to change the language of the game, as only the game region's language is available to select from.

Unused Cars

Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA '05

There exists name-only entries for the Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA '05, a car which would later appear in Gran Turismo 5: Prologue. What's interesting to note is that there's an entry for a tuned variant, in which such a model never appeared in the aforementioned title.

Internal Name	Label
impreza_wrx_sti_c_ra_05	Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA '05
impreza_wrx_sti_c_ra_05_tune	Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA '05 /T

There are other images relating to this car dating back to the first presentations of the title, however the official news from the GranTurismo website have been deleted over time and can only be found through the use of special sites such as Wayback Machine

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Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z '06

There's an unused thumbnail image of the Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z '06 still present in the game's files. Footage exists of the car being driven from an unknown (if identical from the regular HD Concept) build.

Unused Tracks

Inside the game's database (SpecDB, on the COURSE table), there is a track with the name of eiger_short_2006tgs, the Tokyo Game Show 2006 build version of the sole track in the game, Eiger Nordwand.

Unused Audio

Jingles

There are multiple short themes that, judging by the filenames, were supposed to play when the player finishes or completes a race, a feature which ended up becoming part of Gran Turismo 5 in which a multitude of themes would play depending on the position the player finished the race in. These four themes went unused in the game and remain within the data files.

Source Filename	Audio
GTHD_Jingle_Goal1
GTHD_Jingle_Goal2
GTHD_Jingle_Goal3
GTHD_Jingle_Goal4